Eltliam and Inglowood ore shortly <to have electric lighting installed. The firm making the otter undertakes to supply the street lights (32 candle-power) at £4 10s per lamp per annum. For household purposes it is prepared to supply 16 candle-power lights, at 25s per annum per light, and 8 candle-power lights, suitable for bedroom purposes, at 12s 6d per light per annum. Not. the slightest difficulty was experienced in berthing the Gothic at Timaru wlwirf the other day. She is 7755 tons register, and 490 feet in length. The Post says: — The apparent ease with which the' vessel was brought into port andi taken to her berthage reflects very great credit on the skill of the harbormaster, Captain Glarksqn, and at the same time is another -instance which serves to show that the harbor is able to accommodate with perfect safety the largest oceangoers — a most gratifying fact to everybody interested .in the port. i
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9866, 7 October 1903, Page 3
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